Essays, Stories and other locally sourced prose

From March, 2016

When people ask where I come from I usually say D.C. Of course I didn’t actually grow up in D.C., I just say that out of force of habit because everyone knows D.C. but few people know the town of Laurel, Maryland where I grew up. Saying you are from D.C. is a shorthand for…

When traveling with a pregnant woman through Italy, you end up eating a good number of meals by yourself. At least, this was the case when my wife and I spent a week in Italy together, while she was pregnant with our first child. No one tells you this, just like no one tells you…

This year for my 36th birthday my wife picked out the perfect present for the man who has everything: a set of Hexbugs. A Hexbug, if you are not already in the know, is a robotic bug. They come in various designs. My wife had chosen…